July 13, 2021
An attorney for merchants who sued American Express over its anti-steering rules plans to work on an arbitration against the credit card company with a lawyer who was kicked off the case because of "egregious conduct," the merchants have told the Eastern District of New York.
May 08, 2020
A group of retailers appears set to ask that the Second Circuit revive its antitrust claims targeting American Express' anti-steering rules, after both sides agreed in court filings on Friday that the federal court case is essentially finished.
March 18, 2020
A group of retailers on Tuesday dropped their Second Circuit appeal in an antitrust suit targeting American Express' anti-steering rules after a lower court tossed some claims and sent others to arbitration.
February 14, 2020
A group of retailers will ask the Second Circuit to let them continue pursuing antitrust allegations against American Express in court despite a 2018 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that hurts the chances for their claims.
January 15, 2020
Retailers still accusing American Express of violating antitrust law will have to pursue their allegations in arbitration, if at all, after a New York federal judge said Wednesday that merchants with card acceptance agreements are bound by an arbitration agreement while those without them have no case at all.
January 15, 2019
Several retailers are headed to trial against American Express Co. armed with only a fraction of their original antitrust allegations brought amid multidistrict litigation challenging AmEx's restrictive merchant contracts, as a Brooklyn federal judge heavily pared the retailers' suit Monday to align with a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision.
December 18, 2018
A proposed class of merchants have put forward a broader set of claims in multidistrict litigation challenging American Express Co. rules that bar them from steering customers to use lower-fee credit cards, taking into account a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision finding those provisions were legal.
October 29, 2018
A group of retailers suing American Express Co. over rules that prevent merchants from steering customers to cheaper payment methods told a New York federal court Friday that it should not toss the antitrust suit because retailers receive no additional benefits from using the company's card.
October 12, 2018
American Express told a New York federal judge Friday that since it competes on a playing field for both merchants and cardholders, claims from retailers that it unfairly blocks rivals in a narrower market should be dropped from an antitrust suit.
October 11, 2018
American Express asked a Brooklyn federal court Thursday to toss multidistrict litigation accusing the company of violating antitrust law by preventing merchants from steering their customers toward competing cards, saying the vendors have failed to state a claim in an amended complaint and that their allegations are otherwise barred for various reasons.